Category: Indian Spirituality
Pastorpreneur means what? Prof. C. John Rose (Note: Prof. John Rose, a Graduate in Sociology and Postgraduate in English Language & Literature, is also very active in writing and editing. His write-ups have been published in The Hindu, The Indian Express,...
Note: This beautiful saga, written by our columnist Sri Varghese Pamplani needs a word of appreciation. Only a man with a wide reading experience and a balanced mindset can write similar articles. He has beautifully drawn the internal transformation this...
Joseph Mattappally. Sr. Rani Maria FCC is being beatified today in Indore, at the presence of a lot of Bishops and eminent dignitaries. Blessed Rani Maria is more remembered for the attitude of her family members who were particular in forgiving...
Published on: 10:15 am, November 3, 2017 by: Jose Kavi (Note: Sr. Rani Maria, who upturned the history of many north Indian villages including 'Kaala Pani', is getting closer and closer to sainthood. She has left behind a great legacy of right living....
Published on: 1:50 am, November 1, 2017 by: mattersindia.com (Note: It is fine that Christian Philosophers have finally decided to respect the dignity of other belief systems in India. At the same time, it is sad that it took so many years for...
Varghese Pamplanil, From Austin, TX, US (Note: Our friend and regular face on CCV Sri Varghese, Pamplani, now in US, tomorrow may be in UK is a world trotting with a wide variety of thoughtful and thought provoking thoughts. He is...
dr. james kottoor (Chicago) The unusual has happened! The unexpected has happened! The most extraordinary has happened! Yes, the most exemplary thing has happened! What we had given up for lost has happened! What on earth is that? Catholic Bishops...
This report below on Bishop Gallela Kidnap appeared in CCV on May 21, 2016 Campaign against Caste in Catholic Church Do the silence & failure of bishops to discuss it publicly amount to admission they are caste practitioners? We suggest Bishops...
dr. james kottoor (Chicago) “I was in prison and you visited me!” These words of Jesus struck us like lightning first when we saw the story of a nun visiting the prison to help out Dalits. Dalits are the ‘untochables’ and...
Varghese Pmplanil This is in response to Dr. Kottoor’s article in CCV “If no Religious Collaboration, Goodbye to Organised Religions!” Note: Sri Varghese Pamplani, a Keralite SM Catholic now living in UK, began his life as a teacher and retired...
Joseph Mattappally (Asso. Editor CCV) If there was anything called self esteem, it seems that it too is lost for the Kerala Catholic Syro Malabar (SM) Church members. Already the present Kerala Church is renowned for its uncontrolled crase for...
Denis Daniel. Dear Dr. Kottoor, Editor CCV. You had promised the emails and phone numbers of 101 Christian Intellectuals. When are you going to publish them? I want to write to them and get acquainted with some at least. I...
(Note: It was long duel! At least now the Supreme Court has done it, What is beautiful was the five-member bench was from five important religions of the land. The judgement endorses, what is bad in religion is also bad...
All about 101 Christian Intellectuals! “We all live in hope and die in despair”, it is said. The more high and intense our hope, the more powerful, joyful and confident would be our leap for the moon like a rocket to...
Will their light banish darkness and confusion in the Church and Society? This is about an open letter of 101 Senior Christian Intellectuals of various churches – therefore an ecumenical group – addressed to the leadership of the Churches in India (see...
In the golden rays of the morning sun, In the myriad hues of flowers that bloom, In the shining droplet on the blade of grass, In the waves of songs of soaring birds, In the gentle breeze that caresses me, In...
Joseph Mattappally (Associate Editor CCV) A few days back, in a comment in CCV (Church Citizens’ Voice) Chief Editor’s post on Nurses strike for fair wages, I had written that the Syro-Malabar Church in Kerala is facing a crisis heading towards a...
Published on July 4, 2017 by: mattersindia.com – (Note: It is indeed very heartening to hear Cardinal Alencherry speaking up for just wages for nurses. Noteworthy is his statement: “there was no need to promote charitable works at Catholic hospitals without paying...
Editorial, in the Statesman, June 18, 2017 (Note: Normally you need helping hands for entry and exit from life. The first is at birth, the second at death. In a civilized world, the assumption is that helping hands would be...
Posted on April 26, 2017 by The Voice Of Bombay's Catholic Laity (Note: This is an example of the way hierarchy treats the laity. The writer is the Editor of Voice of Bombay Laity. Vertical and horizontal dialogue is expected to be...